Music-leaf turner.



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MUSIC LEAF TURNER. APPLICATION VFILIED snmzr, 1916.

1,255,703. Patented Feb. 5,1918.

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MUSIC LEAF TURNER. nvucmounlcn SEPT-27, 1916.

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45 X I I 1 r z b H gli wenror SARAH FRANCES BRYAN, OF CLAXTON, GEORGIA.

MUSIC-LEAF TURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1918.

Application filed September 27, 1916. Serial No. 122,562.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH FRANCES BRYAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Claxton, in the county of Evans and State of Georgia, have invented certain useful Improvements in Music-Leaf Turners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in music leaf turners, one object of the invention being the provision of a device of this character which may be readily attached to and detached from the music stand, either upon a piano or the stand usually employed by bands and orchestras, the same being further provided with a plurality of manually actuated members, whereby each leaf may be individually turned.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a device of this character which is simple and inexpensive in construction and thoroughly efficient and practical in use.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete turner.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a cross section taken on line 4.-4 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of various parts.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the backing or supporting memher of the present device which has attached thereto adjacent each end upon the front face, the two resilient members 11, which are provided with the resilient terminals 12 and 13 provided with the padded portion 14, so that the present device may be attached to a piano or other music stand without injuring the polished surface thereof.

Carried by the member 10 at the forward lower edge thereof is a strip 15, which is provided with a plurality of parallel openings 16, to which are connected the upright tubes 17, here shown four in number.

Each leaf turning element 18 consists of a single strand of wire bent into an inverted L-shaped form to provide the journaling portion 19 which is mounted in its respective tube and the opening 16 of the member 15, its lower terminal being bent to form a crank handle '20 having mounted thereon the finger engaging knob 21 so that the element may be swung from right to left.

The opposite portion of each turning element is bent downwardly at right angles and also upon itself to provide a loop 22 which acts a means for insuring the move-' ment of the music leaf from one position to another, the elementis oscillated.

What I claim as new is In a device of the character described in combination a backing, a longitudinal strip secured horizontally to the lower portion thereof, a plurality of equal-sized upright tubes secured into said strip, a series of leaf turning elements each consisting of a straight wire stem bent to form a lower crank arm, a rightangular terminal formed on the crank arm, said stem having an integral relatively longer crank arm at its opposite end, and a right angular depending portion formed on the longer crank arm of each stem and having a portion bent back to form a loop member, the stems of said elements being of varying lengths, and being rotatably mounted in said tubes so that the upper longer cranks of the stems will be arranged in stepped relation in one direction and so that the lower cranks will also be arranged in stepped relation in an opposite direction, and finger engaging knobs secured to the terminals of said lastnamed cranks, the longer crank arms being bent out of alinement but said knobs being in alinement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SARAH FRANCES BRYAN.

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